Cayenne pepper is good to keep cockroaches and black ants away. Put some in a small open container in the areas that are troublesome. Be sure to keep small children away from the area..
Instead of taking your gloves off, go right to the kitchen sink and lather up with dish detergent. Hang them on the dish rack to dry, and they'll be fresh and clean for the next use..
This was not as hard as my husband and I expected. Remove everything from your kitchen that you're not supposed to eat: junk food, processed food and, in my case, wheat. We now are grabbing more fruit and vegetables for snacks and meals. Also, what helps me is a light dessert: sugar-free, fat-free jello or pudding with fat-free Cool-whip or a fat-free, sugar-free ice cream bar. We never buy it in cartons -- it tempts us. This works! We feel better and we are both losing weight..
As my kitchen roll of Viva paper towels gets smaller, I replace it with a new one and keep the old one under my bathroom sink with a spray glass cleaner. Cleaning the mirror each day makes the bathroom appear neat and clean and I can also wipe off the chrome taps. Great when I can't do a whole bathroom cleaning..
I have a bottle of bleach and water and use it for almost all my serious germ-free cleaning such as bathrooms, kitchens,doorknobs etc… It really is sanitary and less expensive than what is out there. It works the best!.
We avoid costly, toxic drain cleaners by using a cup of bleach followed by a cup of hot water every three months in our bathroom drains. We use a cup of vinegar followed by a cup of hot water in the kitchen drain. No fumes and clean drains!.
An easy way to have instruction manuals at hand is by using 3 ring binders. Separate by category such as yard, kitchen, etc. If the manual is too thick for a hole punch, use a large nail and hammer to make the holes..
To clean stainless steel kitchen appliances and remove fingerprints, apply some WD40 to a VIVA paper towel, and wipe the appliance,going with the grain. Marks will magically wipe away. This is much cheaper than "stainless steel" wipes..
I keep 2 rolls of VIVA Paper Towels on holders in my Kitchen. On one end, I have a roll next to my stove. On the other side of my Kitchen, I have one next to the Coffee Maker. It's so handy to always have Paper Towels within reach!!.
Whenever I cook, especially in the oven, I always turn on the light over the stove. When I am done cooking, I turn the light off. No more wondering did I turn the oven or stove burner off..
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